nuts and bolts
Example Sentences
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Warsh said little that was specific about how he will approach the nuts and bolts of Fed policy in brief remarks following the swearing in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“If you don’t know the ins and outs and nuts and bolts inside City Hall, how are you going to be mayor?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Consider the personal-finance nuts and bolts involved in that kind of situation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
If he is hiding any nuts and bolts under those blonde locks of his, Haaland did prove he was still human by missing a couple of chances to complete his hat-trick.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
Meanwhile Nicolas had gone to fetch Amanda in old Covadonga, which still ran, though it barely sputtered along on its remaining nuts and bolts, lost in a black cloud of burning oil.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
